Thursday, July 26, 2018

India are walloped; Australia Devictors

Neither team made any changes to their playing eleven. Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. David Boon, who faced 104 balls, scored 83. His innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Mohinder Amarnath. Ravi Shastri broke the 152-run stand.

Geoff Marsh, the player of the match, scored 125. His 145-ball innings included 11 boundaries. He was caught by Mohammad Azharuddin. Chetan Sharma broke the 121-run partnership. Although his six-ball innings included a boundary, Wayne Phillips wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Dev. Sharma broke the nine-run partnership.

Allan Border, Australia’s skipper, scored 52. His 42-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Sharma broke the one-run stand. The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Greg Ritchie, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was run out.

Steve Waugh, who faced four balls, scored half-a-dozen. He was unbeaten. The sixth-wicket pair put on three. Craig McDermott, who faced a couple of balls, scored two. He was run out. Greg Matthews, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India conceded 15 extras. Australia scored 292 for the loss of six wickets off 50 overs. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan bowled four overs, conceding 28. He was wicketless, as was Roger Binny, who bowled seven overs, conceding 48.

Dev and Jimmy bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece, conceding 68 and (Amarna)thirty-six, respectively. Shastri bowled 10 overs, conceding 42. He picked up a wicket. Sharma, who bowled nine overs, conceding 61. He picked up three scalps.

Srikkanth scored 20. His 16-ball innings included a six. He was caught by Border. Simon Davis broke the 31-run stand. Sunil Gavaskar scored 92. His 144-ball innings included four boundaries. He was unbeaten. Amarnath, who faced 54 balls, scored 16. He was caught by Matthews. Dave Gilbert broke the 43-run partnership.

Ashok Malhotra, who faced 17 balls, scored five. He was caught by Matthews. Gilbert broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 19. Dev scored 28. His 39-ball innings included a six. He was caught by McDermott. Matthews broke the 65-run partnership. Azharuddin, who faced 40 balls, scored 17. He was unbeaten.

Australia conceded 14 extras. India scored 192 for the loss of four wickets off 50 overs, losing by 100 runs. Marsh bowled an over, conceding four. He was wicketless, as was Waugh, who bowled three overs, conceding 10.

McDermott bowled nine overs, conceding 27. He was wicketless, as was Bruce Reid, who bowled overs, conceding 28. Davis bowled seven overs, conceding 30. He picked up a wicket.

Matthews bowled 10 overs, conceding 49. He picked up a wicket. Gilbert, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of scalps.

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